University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, chart, note, photograph, correspondence and autopsy report relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; hand tremor; olfactory aura; facial paresis; glioblastoma multiforme; glioblastoma; anosmia; homonomous hemianopia; defective memory; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary relating to male lieutenant from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 34 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: compound fracture to skull; difficulty detecting odour and taste; and concussion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male driver from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 27 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; photophobia; diplopia; bilateral anosmia; anxiety neurosis; and hysterical symptoms. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male company sergeant major from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: left anosmia; attacks of unconsciousness; headache; dizzy attacks; mental depression; post traumatic epilepsy; post traumatic personality deterioration; and reactive psychosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male signalman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: severe head injury; brain injury; fracture of skull; headache; anosmia; and diplopia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female private fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: eye pain; blindness in one eye; headache; slight nystagmus; nervous system disease; anosmia; cerebral tumor; neurofibromata. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male second lieutenant from outside Great Britain aged 30 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; anosmia; nystagmus; concussional head injury; and subarachnoid haemorrhage. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male sergeant fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 42 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; deafness; tinnits; giddiness; wobbly gait; anosmia; post concussional syndrome; fatigue; and effects of cerebral contusion. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, drawings, charts, correspondence and photographs relating to male corporal fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 27 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: head injury; compound skull fracture; headache; dizziness; memory defect; intracranial abscess; slight dysphasic disability; amnesia; anosmia; and displaced left eye. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male private fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 32 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; headache; insomnia; anosmia; hyposmia; hyperaesthesia; hypoaesthesia; traumatic neuritis; and scalp wound. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.